This strike did not halt his movements. Instead, it plunged him into an even stranger state—he was clearly charging forward, yet his perception told him he was retreating at the same time.
The power he had gathered erupted even as it collapsed inward.
The edge of his sword was both before him and behind him.
All physical laws and logic became self-contradictory within this ring, canceling themselves out.
Anyone caught in such fundamental logical chaos would instantly lose all combat ability, perhaps even suffer a complete mental collapse.
Yet Yan Huan's face showed no panic.
"What the hell are you changing?"
He did not try to understand the paradox, nor did he use any energy or laws to resist it.
He made the simplest—and craziest—choice: trust his own violence.
He cast all the chaotic perceptions and contradictory logic from his mind.
His will became intensely focused, purified to its utmost limit. Only one target remained in his eyes: Laigushi before him.
"Take one sword strike from me head-on first!"
In an instant, the laws Laigushi had altered were inexplicably changed back.
Laigushi: "?"
Yan Huan poured his power into the longsword in his hand without reservation. The blade let out a strained wail, unable to bear such force, but its tip lit up with radiance capable of piercing all falsehoods.
He raised his sword and swung.
Clang—
Sword energy flashed.
The halo shielding Laigushi's divine body shattered like glass struck by a hammer!
It was neither analyzed nor modified. Instead, the absolute power concentrated at a single point to break through all laws forcibly burst it apart in the most brutal fashion!
The sword energy broke through the halo without losing any speed, instantly slashing into the solid shield Laigushi had hastily formed.
This time, the shield could not hold